Half and Wide

Half

Half adverb - In any way or respect.

Wide is an antonym for half.

Nearby Word: halve

Wide

Wide adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: the door was wide open

Half is an antonym for wide.

Nearby Word: widely

Both words in one sentence

  • Wide-Eyed Idealist Literally so — her eyes change into her current half-droopy state when she looks down at his corpse, and while she still has wide eyes quite often, they do tend towards the "half-droopy".
  • Gag Nose Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys has a massive honker that's half as tall and almost half as wide as his head.
    Source: Gag Nose
  • Cool Starship A Covenant Supercarrier is more than half of that length, and is about a dozen kilometers wide and at least half a dozen kilometers "tall".
    Source: Cool Starship
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